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Teddy Klinsmann

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Zidane to be sacked. Madrid come calling. Would be perfect for al concerned. Unfortunately though RM will probably go for JM - they know they’ll win silverware with him.
 

Snarfalicious

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Just wish he would stop being so openly miserable and at least try to put on a happy face. Will it change results? No, but it’d go a long way in dispelling some of the body language expert opinions and unnecessary drama (if he truly wants to be here).
 

werty

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No way is it a knee jerk reaction to sack Poch. We’ve been very poor since January and he has shown very little to suggest that he knows how to turn things around.

Our run to the CL finale really papered over the cracks.
Sadly the run to the Champions League final will be the reason why it'll seem knee-jerk. And we still finished in the top 4 last year. The plethora of excuses used for us last year on here will be used for him again. If he is to be sacked, I don't see it happening until the end of season if we miss out on the Champions League. Unless there is a huge bust-up behind the scenes.
 

Haddock

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I will give Pochettino the benefit of a doubt until Lo Celso and Sessegnon are fit to play. He got the players he wanted this summer and hopefully he had a plan on how to rejuvenate this Spurs team.

I have more or less accepted that this will be transition season for us now. I can definitely see us finishing outside the top four. Eriksen and Alderweireld will leave, Vertonghen might as well. I do hope Pochettino turns this around but maybe it's for the best if Pochettino mutually leaves after this season and a new manager can build his own foundation.
 

Teddy Klinsmann

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Exactly. And big clubs make big club decisions. From the ITK we've had Levy isn't going to mess around. He wil make that decision if he needs to and it had to be in his mind
He’ll not sack him as long as he can get good money for him. He’s at £20-£30m asset at a minimum.
 
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SpursD22

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We need Dybala, a DM, an RB, LB and 2 CB’s. 6 players. If we dont get a jump on that in January, we’re screwed. Levy’s set us back 2 years. Time for him to begin to make up for it.

We can’t buy 6 players in January. We need to focus on buying a good DM and a RB. We got Sessegnon at LB and we currently don’t need CB’s
 

werty

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The last one was AVB
Not sure I agree. A manager with one year of success and failed miserably at his previous job. He was touted as a potentially great manager, but he wasn't a proven manager at that stage.
 

agrdavidsfan

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I’m sat here laughing after a defeat as I’m thinking back over the last two years and how many times this clown has tried to reinvent the wheel?

Son at LWB

Sánchez at rb

Foyth at right back

Rose at centre mid

Then the strange selections I honestly think he thinks he’s better than he is ?

19 points in 21 games is making me start to believe he’s a fraud that is actually a lucky manager rather than a good manager.
 

thecook

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He’ll not sack him as long as he can’t get good money for him. He’s at £20-£30m asset at a minimum.

That's a good point and argument against sacking him tbh. At this rate it's also the difference between CL qualification and not which is what he might also consider
 

Teddy Klinsmann

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A couple of seasons ago we’d have went on and won that game. We were so hard to beat. We’ve become a soft touch again. Teams know they can get at us and we’ll crack. Even at 2-3 up in a game, there is still a question mark hanging over us. Previously that would never have been the case under Poch.
 

TEESSIDE1

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I have no idea what Poch is doing we were a better side with 4231 and two defensive players in front of the back 4 why has he gone away from that....

Wanyama is a shadow of his former self and Dier must be finished in Poch’s mind as he can’t get any minutes. We need more energy in central midfield but due to injuries, new players and contract twats he has so far been unable to field a competent and dedicated team.
 

jolegend

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He keeps making mistakes. Tactics, player selection and substitutions are, more often than not, very strange.

He is negative, he is moody, he is moany. Our form has fallen off a cliff and he has done nothing to change it.

When he first came on, he revolutions us as a club. But football has moved on and he has not adapted his style of football. We have no pace, no guile and very little attacking shape. We have no width and no clear strategy to break teams down.

And all this has been a constant theme since January 2019. That’s almost 10 months. And we are bottom 3 in the league table this calendar year. It is appalling with the quality of players he has available.

I love him for all he has done. But it’s time for all parties to move on and freshen up.
 

ebzrascal

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Wanyama is a shadow of his former self and Dier must be finished in Poch’s mind as he can’t get any minutes. We need more energy in central midfield but due to injuries, new players and contract twats he has so far been unable to field a competent and dedicated team.

It`s not just the formation it is the tactics we played an open game which suited Leicester... We have the players to defend deeper and player on the break which we probably should have done after taking the lead..
 
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